Two adults might be charged in connection with a two-year-old girl who was murdered at a housing complex operated by the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Laurie Ellen Joseph, 29, or Taylor L. Cournoyer, 21, were caring for the...

A non-Indian man who was convicted of violating the state's fishing laws wasn't unfairly prosecuted, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday. Stephen Fellegy intentionally caught a walleye out of season on Lake Mille Lacs. He said he was...

"Let’s get the elephant-in-the-room question out of the way... I know you as a friend, a brunch and Bingo buddy (soon), but to a great many people you are the leader of the wolf pack in the Twilight movie series....

"Last night's "Life on the Rez" segment on "Our America with Lisa Ling" on the OWN channel provided a glimpse of the good, bad and ugly on two American Indian reservations: the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the Yankton Sioux...

The Winnemem Wintu Tribe of California met with the Bureau of Indian Affairs on Wednesday to discuss federal recognition issues. An adviser for the tribe said the meeting went well. And Virgil Akins, the BIA's superintendent, promised to help. "Hopefully,...

"Before detailing the dramatic events of the Dakota War that have etched themselves into Minnesota's history and psyche, we will look back to earlier Indian life on Maine Prairie, the relationship between the Indian tribes themselves, and the relationship with...

"Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs have decided to spend nearly $11 million to build a new school. The vote was essentially a re-do of a referendum that failed in May due to inadequate voter turnout. Nearly three...

"The Weippe Prairie was the most pleasant discovery of my journey through the lands of the Nez Perce. This is where tribal members first came in contact with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, after L-C and the boys (plus Sacajawea)...

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians in California appears to be near the end of a long-running battle over a land-into-trust application. The tribe asked the Bureau of Indian Affairs to place 6.9 acres in trust in 2000. Five...

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is set to open its first gas station this fall. The tribe has already begun work on the 24-pump station, The New London Day reported. it's located on the reservation, near a hotel...

"The Wisconsin Supreme Court had long been a leader, perhaps reluctantly, in developing excellent tribal-state court relationships dating back to its important Teague decision nearly ten years ago. The Teague decision led to the Teague protocol, which authorizes state court...

The Oglala Sioux Tribe has added more names to a list of suspicious deaths on and near the Pine Ridge Reservation. The U.S. Attorney's Office in South Dakota has already agreed to look at 28 cases, mainly from the 1970s....

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of Washington says salmon have returned to the Elwha River sooner than expected. The tribe long advocated for the removal of dams along the river. The work has already paid off even though the $325...

An estimated 300 indigenous activists ended a three-week protest at a dam site in Brazil. The group's presence at the site halted work on a portion of the $10.6 billion Belo Monte Dam. The activists say tribal views are being...

Leaders and members of the Nasa Tribe in southwestern Colombia stood up to President Juan Manuel Santos and to a rebel group on Wednesday. Santos was booed as he toured the war-ravaged region. But he said he won't agree to...

Research being published in Nature points to at least three major groups of indigenous people in South America and Canada. Based on DNA, researchers found three distinct groups. The first represents the ancestors of indigenous people who currently live in...

The Republican-led House voted 239 to 5 on Wednesday to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which includes the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Every Republican voted in favor of H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act. Included was Rep. Tom...